Funding Options for Senior Care
Understanding all of the different senior care options can be quite confusing. When people say it’s a maze, they are telling the truth. Most families are completely unsure of how to even begin to figure out what sort of care they need when they need it. The hardest part about trying to understand all of these options is that we are usually trying to decipher them in the midst of a medical crisis with our senior loved one. Talk about adding stress on top of an already stressful and emotional situation. This cycle can be prevented with a little proactive effort. Jaynie from askjaynie.com believes it is best to “Create a Care Plan, not a Crisis Situation”. Knowing all of your senior care options before a crisis situation arises is the best thing to do. Arming yourself with knowledge now will give you and your senior loved one better options and a lot less stress when the time comes that those services are needed.
The “Funding Options for Senior Care” workshop provides a breakdown of all the different senior care options and answers the questions everyone caring for a senior loved one needs to know now. Longtime senior advocate and Geriatric Care Manager Jaynie Guarnieri Dame from askjaynie.com dug into the nitty gritty of the topic and really covered the main things she knows her clients and primary caregivers really need to be aware of.
Jaynie breaks down the different types of care, who pays for them, and what makes a person eligible for them. What are the different types of senior care options and who pays for them? Jaynie broke it down for us. What is the difference between Medi-Cal, Medicare, and Medicaid? Jaynie broke it down for us. What are the different options to pay for all of these care options? Jaynie broke it down for us. You may be shocked by some of the information she provided, but just know, Jaynie spoke from 20+ years in the senior care industry and has guided way too many families to count through the maze of all of these senior care options.
Many were shocked to learn that not everyone is automatically qualified for a 100 day stay in skilled nursing. Confused? We all were because we thought that was the case. We thought that was our right. Watch and learn. Know your rights and know what you need to be doing now to be prepared for a medical crisis for yourself or your senior loved one.